Police Misconduct And Brrutality In The Criminal Justice System

Police officers are individuals who enforce the law upon their community to ensure that their citizens remain safe. In the past couple of years, officers of the law have been involved in acts of brutality that seem to go beyond the proper measurements of protection for their citizens. Policemen are supposed to protect their citizens from danger and from harm, not impose a threat on them. The fact that officers have a history of abusing their power indicates that their trust amongst the community has been corrupted. Those who have been affected of police brutality feel as though they have been deceived. They no longer feel that police officers will protect them, but rather abuse them, and that is a problem. We have began to live in a community in which an individual feels frightened when seeing a cop, rather than feeling protected. Some individuals may argue that police brutality is not a problem due to the fact that it is not consistent enough to catch the attention of needing a solution. However, that idea means little when the level of brutality has led to the death of several innocent victims in some cases. We must not wait for there to be a pattern of death at the hands of police officials to consider this a problem. One death indicates that preventive measures must be taken to ensure that these officers are no longer put in the position to abuse their power to begin with.

For all the people of the US we can easily identify the justice system with our police force. Were currently facing a crisis of widespread police brutality and misconduct, leading us to question where the absence of proper policing practices and morality was lost. Over the course of history we have continually faced this whether it be driven by religion, race, or visual perception. But it leads me to say, in what way is this reflecting our hope of insuring domestic tranquility when we can’t trust the people that we are supposed to depend on for help. Now this doesn’t go to say that every police officer or sheriff is guilty of wrong doing, but it does clearly show a developing problem. With this dilemma becoming more evident in social media and how easily it is for someone to record something and report wrong doings, it forces our federal government to act on the inadequacies. The federal government should play a stronger role in the oversight of each state, while the states oversee the counties within it.

Over the past decade, police brutality has covered major headlines because officers have acted out in ways that have made citizens question their motives. Things such as unjustified shootings, deadly chokings, and rough treatment have all added to the constant problem of police brutality in the black community. Annoyingly, the police officers responsible for the killings and abuse are not held for long before they are discharged to their normal routines. Since many people believe that the issues of police brutality is based on race, officers should be held accountable for their misconduct. Accountability will permit officers to treat all with equality; therefore using the appropriate amount of force on everyone. Often cops are indicted in less than 1% of killings, but the indictment rate for citizens is 90% which is a major problem. If someone does wrong they should suffer the consequence no matter who they are. As a result of misconduct officers tend be mistrusted by their communities. Deaths in the black community often stems from police officers using excessive force such as assaults, beating and shootings.

Since the beginning of time, the United States’ Criminal Justice System (CJS) has been scrutinized and will continue to be. If significant changes were to occur within the CJS it could potentially take decades. Different persons, institutions, governments, and even departments within governments have different views; it is a natural occurrence. Thus, as with any subject matter, there are always controversies that cause disruption within society. Often, the controversies stem from the lack of understanding and the historical patterns of unsupported data.

Police officers are generally well-respected in American society. They should be, since officers protect the public from drunk drivers, gunmen and other threats to the commonwealth. However, in light of uncovered events involving the misconduct of police officers, these events call into question the ability of police officers to successfully protect and serve the American people. However, in 2010, 6,613 law enforcement officers were reported for involvement in misconduct which varied from excessive force, sexual misconduct et cetera (Packman). Having 6,613 reported cases of police misconduct in America is ridiculous, especially since it is hard validating the claims against officers and it is difficult to punish officers because of this lack of evidence. While the purpose of police officers in society is to protect the commonwealth of the people, the amount of police misconduct in the United States of America involving excessive force and sexual misconduct is detrimental to the credibility of all police officers. This in turn causes rifts and distrust among the American people concerning officers. Police misconduct can be reduced in American society by requiring police officers to wear cameras while on duty, having a clear definition on what excessive force is and defining how much force is legal for an officer to utilize, and better training geared to improve overall conduct with citizens, especially mentally ill citizens.

Police brutality is one of the most severe human rights violations in the United States, and it occurs in many communities. Police officers have one of the hardest jobs out there. They have to maintain public order, prevent, and identify crime. Throughout history, the police community has been exposed by brutality in one way or another. Violence by law enforcement officers in the United States is one of the most serious human rights violations in the country. Police officers have engaged in unjustified shootings, severe beatings, fatal chokings, and unnecessarily rough treatment. The history of police brutality is repeated, going through stages of violence, corruption, and improvement. Many people think of corrupt when they hear the word

When certain states in America reach a stage in which someone, typically a minority, has to fear the possibility that they might not leave with their life whenever they are pulled over or interrogated by a police officer, an issue with our police system is clear. When an officer in America charged with a crime of assault or murder has a miniscule chance of those charges being pressed, the problem is even clearer. This issue is significant police misconduct, especially in states such as Chicago, that calls for a reform in the police department’s code, recruiting, training, and procedure. The alarming amount of unchecked police transgressions has evidenced a primitive lack of value for human life in the U.S. that in some states, make simply

The power of authority allowed police officers to use brutality on many people, which turned out to be a problem to many Americans. Why do officer’s do this? It is still an unanswered question. The police in general have a bad scheme against the non-police officers and are more suspicious of minorities assuming that they are troublemakers and deserve to be brutally hurt than to be brought to justice. In addition, the United States court systems are backing up the police officers and showing brilliant favoritism against people, which in other words, gives harsh treatment and long presentment to the minorities. Their counterpart predominant civilians in this country are getting lenient sentencing and even most of the times are given opportunities to recoup their wrong doing activities. To fix this type of negative policing, United States needs to call for epidemic law revisions and spend trillions of dollars to reform policing in order to rebuild the trust between law enforcement and the minority community.

Yet again, we see officers blatantly escape what should be the way of the law, but no meaningful action is ever taken. Now here’s another unjustified case where an officer tries to make his wrongdoings justified, Officer Grant Morrison gunned down 38-year-old Richard Ramirez at a traffic stop in Montana in April of 2014. Even when they don’t claim justification, officers tend to face no consequences as in this one not even getting charged. Why hasn’t this officer been discharged from his line of duty? Now lastly, here’s a more key case that displays the underlying issues of police brutality and the criminal justice system: James Brissette and Ronald Madison who were killed as well as four other civilians who were left wounded in New Orleans, LA. All of these victims of this shooting were unarmed, but the police department fabricated the true story by falsifying a report that there was an officer down first and that some of the civilians were armed and fired first. These unjust officers also planted a gun at the scene to make it seem as though the civilians were armed and dangerous. (“List of cases”). This goes to show what extents the criminal justice system will go to just to hide the crimes their officers have committed. Criminal justice system or criminal injustice system?

There used to be a time when you heard the word police and all you thought about was protection, safety, and honor. Now a days when you heard the word police, it is associated with brutality, racism, and unfair punishments. People are more afraid to get pulled over by the police in during a routine traffic stop than being pulled over after committing crimes. We have heard hundreds of cases where young Americans, mainly young African American males, that are gunned down by police officers. The worst part of this scenario is not the fact that someone innocent lost their life, but that the person responsible does not have to pay for these crimes. The most that we have seen a police officer get is paid time off and sometimes they do not get this “punishment”. That is crazy seeing that if someone else shot and killed someone they would have to serve the maximum sentence available for that crime. These brutal acts can be dated back as fair as to the Civil Rights movement and they are only getting worse over time. As I stated before, police brutality has been a problem in the United States for a long time and the punishments for the officers have yet to be fair. There are, however, many things that can be done in society to prevent police brutality from becoming normalized. Since police brutality has been a growing

Because of police brutality, communities won’t trust the police anymore. The society needs to find a solution to police brutality. Police officers should have the goal of building trust and forming a relationship with communities and citizens especially with African Americans. I think that an effective solution like psychological evaluation would help monitor cops who shows signs of mental disturbance that might conflict with their work. Additionally, when the police are writing their report paper about an incident that happened, the police should try not to cover up the incident but rather write what really happened. Another effective solution is that, the police officer should be able to make good decision. For example the police should

Police discretion is widely considered a vague term that has an appropriately vague definition. It is defined as the decision-making power afforded to police officers that allows these individuals to decide if they want to pursue police procedure or simply let someone off with a warning (Beckett, 2016). It is an important enforcement option in policing and plays a key role in our criminal justice system here in Canada. Examples of when discretion is used include: traffic violations, youth crime, and crimes involving mentally ill individuals. The classic example of police discretion occurs when you are pulled over for speeding. In some instances, a Police Officer may issue the driver a ticket, while in other instances police may exercise their discretion and only give the driver a warning. The more complex aspect to discretion is the ongoing debate with how Canadian police services deal with controversial topics such as the mentally ill, domestic violence and youth offenders, because unfortunately these tasks falls to them. Without a doubt police discretion is an important tool necessary to keep social order and build community trust and must be balanced with crime prevention strategies and the enforcement of Canadian laws throughout our communities.

Before going into college to study Criminal Justice, I had the same opinion as most people had when it came to criminals or deviant behavior. The classic “if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime,” phrase was mentioned many times throughout my youth, whether it be for something as simple as an explanation for grounding me or to explain why doing the wrong things will give you a one-way ticket to prison. My life was surrounded by crime. I managed to separate myself from the “wrong-doers” with the help of my mother, but I still spent most of my life around law enforcement. To me, police officers were always the ones doing everything right. In my mind, if someone died at the hands of a police officer it was probably their fault, if they were beaten they deserved it, the police were only doing what they had to do to make our communities a safer place.

When you hear the words ‘police officer’, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The people that protect us from the bad guys, right? Well, that might be the stereotypical answer, but is that really what we all think? Most would agree that in today 's society, the words do not have the same positive correlation anymore. It is actually almost the complete opposite. Police officers and others in the criminal justice system have created a poor reputation for themselves from the actions they have taken. Crooked cops seem to be the headliners of countless news stories. Now, that is not to say there are not any stories of people of the law doing their jobs to the best of their abilities, but lately, those stories are like finding a needle in a haystack, abnormal. It is not hard to search for a story on a legal personalities questionable conduct. Now, here 's something to think of: if these are the people that know the ins and outs of the law and are put in their positions to help protect us, why does it seem like us citizens are the victims of their actions in a greater part of these stories? How are we supposed to put our trust in these so-called notable people if they are the ones putting us in danger? The people within our criminal justice system are corrupt by brutality, drugs, money, and just overall abusing their powers.

When we think of the police, we normally think of the brave men and women out on the street, enforcing the law, catching criminals, helping out the public in cases of emergency and making us feel safe in general. Most of the Police in most of the world is like that which is a good thing, However in the United States of America the police here are a bit more ruthless. Most of the police officers are very nice people and they really do want to help out in their community, but unfortunately there are some bad and corrupt cops in the system that will break the law and do some bad things. In the Modern world most bad cops are seen as racist and trigger happy. They don’t kill for fun of course but whenever they feel threatened they are trained to feel as though they need to take down their target since they are taught to make sure they don’t do something that will end up killing them. While nobody is at fault with these cases it is unfortunate that it does happen. Thankfully most of those cops are not as bad as the actual corrupted ones where they do business with drug lords and take their money just so that the criminals don’t get ratted out and so that they can continue their business. While there are some organizations that are corrupted the people in America do have power and a decent morality to do something about it. There are many organizations and cases that happened in the supreme court that has changed how the police behave and act when they are out on the